Spam Comments on my Blog

11 years ago

Hi, it depends on your CMS that you use
If you use Wordpress, there is a Plugins, his name is Akismet
Go to yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/plugin-install.php and make a search for Akismet is free
If you use another CMS, you should make a plugin that protects your blog from comment spam.
Good luck,
Chouaib Founani .

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ejoka1986

11 years ago

Originally Posted by awsproduct

Hi, it depends on your CMS that you use
If you use Wordpress, there is a Plugins, his name is Akismet
Go to yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/plugin-install.php and make a search for Akismet is free
If you use another CMS, you should make a plugin that protects your blog from comment spam.
Good luck,
Chouaib Founani .

I am using wordpress as my CMS, and I have Akismet installed and activated but I still keep getting these unrelated comments all over my contents

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Myles Sinclair 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ejoka1986

I am using wordpress as my CMS, and I have Akismet installed and activated but I still keep getting these unrelated comments all over my contents

Akismet normally does a great job at dealing with spam. As well as activating the plugin it is also necessary to obtain and enter an API key. I suspect some people may miss that bit. Take a look and make sure the API key is present.
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Dexter007

11 years ago

If akismet plugin is not working for you, try some plugin that gives captcha code mandatory submission for commenting on your blog.

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ejoka1986 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dexter007

If akismet plugin is not working for you, try some plugin that gives captcha code mandatory submission for commenting on your blog.

This is good, I am going to do that! thank you
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talfighel

11 years ago

I would not allow people to comment because if you do, you will get a lot of spam. If you can get to the point where you can approve or disapprove posts, this would be best for you.

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ejoka1986

11 years ago

Originally Posted by talfighel

I would not allow people to comment because if you do, you will get a lot of spam. If you can get to the point where you can approve or disapprove posts, this would be best for you.

Currently I am doing that, and its boring

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Nail Yener 10 years ago

Firstly, you should consider moderating your comments if you are not already doing so. A captcha wouldn't be my first solution, it's really annoying. If the amount of spam comments you are getting is not too much, I would go with simply deleting them every once in a while. Since they will not be approved directly (assuming you are moderating), it will not cause any problem to your content. But if you are getting a lot of spam comments, I would consider putting a captcha.

Not allowing comments is definitely not a good idea if you want to run a long-term blog. User interaction is vital for blogs.
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hustlinsmoke

11 years ago

I used to use spam plugins and soon they would get overloaded and the site wouldn't work so I would have to delete the plugn to even get in.

Now I use a captcha on sign up and one on login. I also use picture captchas and have alot less problems.

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MatthewM

11 years ago

If I were you I'd install a facebook comment plugin and remove comments. This way you can possibly pull more traffic from facebook from people commenting or liking your post.

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hustlinsmoke

11 years ago

Hey that is something I never thought of, Thanks thats a great idea for social media marketing.

Originally Posted by MatthewM

If I were you I'd install a facebook comment plugin and remove comments. This way you can possibly pull more traffic from facebook from people commenting or liking your post.

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MatthewM 11 years ago

No problem another way to pull facebook traffic to your blog post is locking content. Say you have a video or post about a free script or landing page, free video etc. Lock the download link. You can get a script from codecanyon called like locker plus. You can also lock opt in forms. GO VIRAL!!!!!!
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ribechi

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MatthewM

If I were you I'd install a facebook comment plugin and remove comments. This way you can possibly pull more traffic from facebook from people commenting or liking your post.

This is exactly what i did in mine and deactivated the wp comment function. I have nothing to worry about.

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Geoff101

11 years ago

Akismet does catch most automated and unrelated blog comments. You can use manual moderation, no matter how boring it is, with Akismet.

Commenting system Disqus also get a lot less spam than regular Wordpress commenting system.

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DexterGallagher

11 years ago

Use Bulk comment remover, done in one click

Sorry, it;s a wordpress plugin .

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vishwa

11 years ago

The best Way to Stop Spam Comments is to use captcha in your comment form. You can easily get free captcha plugin for wordpress.

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Jeffery Moss

11 years ago

Wordpress spam prevention plug ins are a really good way to prevent spam. However, you could simply moderate the comments. You will be able to see at a glance which comments are unrelated to your blog. For those situations, you could simply ignore or mass delete all spam comments.

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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

I just disable mine... straight content. If leads/followers/customers have a question... they know my email address.

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entrepreneurjay

11 years ago

There is an easy fix for this I installed bulk remove comments its a free plugin on WordPress one click and they all disappear like magic.

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neelshopno123

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ejoka1986

Hi,

I have a blog on recipes, it's a new blog like two months old, problem is I keep getting comments on my content that is totally unrelated to the content commented on. Is there a way to control this?

Generally, Captcha works fine for robot comments.

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archy22

11 years ago

I appreciate all of your suggestions. Blogs are always targeted by spammers and I had been facing this problem. Blocking and not allowing people to comment would not be a good idea according to me, in case you are blogging about something expecting a feedback from your readers.I feel a more technical answer would suit this question. Being a programmer and a blogger, I would use rel="nofollow" attribute in places where I would anticipate the spammer might add link by themselves including inside the comment or trackbacks or even referral lists. The best place to add this attribute is the actual links which spammers can create.

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David Braybrooke

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ejoka1986

I am using wordpress as my CMS, and I have Akismet installed and activated but I still keep getting these unrelated comments all over my contents

If comment spam gets through Akismet's net, mark it as comment spam in your Comments Panel. Do not delete it. By marking it "comment spam", the information is sent to Akismet and added to the community-created database.

Frequently, check through the caught comment spam in the Akismet Panel to look for false/negatives, legitimate comment spam that has been caught by Akismet. Mark it as Not Spam and click Despam at the bottom of the page to remove these comments from the list.

Akismet is the best option I find.

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Daniel Delos

11 years ago

First you need to understand the spam comments are there because they want a link. Here are some options to stop it:

Facebook comment plugin as already suggested (or other social media login)

Disqus comment system

Make links in comments nofollow or disallow urls in comment entirely.

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Samuel Adams

10 years ago

Another solution would be to ban specific IP addresses which keep posting spam. Chances are, the spammers are all using related IP's and after a few failed attempts to access the site or comment, they will get frustrated with your site

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Sgt Kraut

10 years ago

If you are using WordPress you could try the Conditional Captcha plugin with reCAPTCHA and Akismet. The reCAPTCHA captchas are harder to crack for the tools spammers use.

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kellymonaghan 10 years ago

I haven't installed Captcha because I am afraid it will discourage commenters, as it does me when I encounter it.

You should be getting the spammer's ip address which you can block in your.htaccess file. A hassle, but effective.
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Sgt Kraut

10 years ago

I agree that captchas can be annoying. Therefore I recommended to use the Conditional Captcha plugin with Akismet which you can set up to only show a captcha when the visitor is "suspicious".

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JohnMcCabe 10 years ago

I use a combination of Akismet and Bad Behavior plugins. I also manually approve all first comments. Since doing that, I have to delete a few manual spam comments a month, but it's no big deal.
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warrior2008

10 years ago

Looks like this thread is well handled but yes years ago I had the same problem. Adult content spammed on my "snitz" forum and WP comments are of my site. I locked down comments, and used a WP plugin but had to delete the forum for the time being. Sorry to hear that.

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cyberzolo

10 years ago

Have the same problem, they comment on the blog because they want to get a back link back to their site.

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jessicah

10 years ago

If the problem persists, I recommend captcha for every comment posted.

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lcjordan

10 years ago

I make all my sites so that the first comment from a person has to be approved before it will post. It takes a little bit of time to grab the legit comments, but it's worth it. I also have comments that include links flagged as spam automatically.

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Adrian Jock

10 years ago

If you're using Wordpress, get Akismet and GASP and moderate all comments.

You can download GASP here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/growma...pambot-plugin/

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1rlewis 10 years ago

I personally don't like captcha. I fail more of them, than I pass. It almost always takes two or 3 tries for me.

For my clients that want an online contact form, or comments without moderation, I use PlayThru's areyouahuman.
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amuro

10 years ago

You can use and activate Akismet if you are using Wordpress.

In fact this plugin has already been pre-installed once you activated Wordpress into your domain.

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Joseph Villanueva 10 years ago

You can have recaptcha plugin as well so comments need to be human
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victoriamon 10 years ago

Originally Posted by amuro

You can use and activate Akismet if you are using Wordpress.

In fact this plugin has already been pre-installed once you activated Wordpress into your domain.

I don't think that Akismet is pre install? You need to have lincence for that as well.

Using thir party comment system like Disgus, livewire etc can be more helpful whilce fb comment is also meaningful.
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tyronne78

10 years ago

I would use a third-party commenting system like LiveFyre or Disqus,then simply install Askimet. You're done!

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extravalue

10 years ago

It depends. The easiest way to get rid of spam comment is turn-off comment feature. Apart from spam comment filtering plugin, you may get user to pay for comments they leave into your WordPress blog. You get paid for review, person who leave comment get their comment published, in the way they wanted to.

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marketingdynasty

10 years ago

Yes you should use spam plugins and keep their comments in moderation if they are unrelated and spam then you should not approved them.

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hostdare

10 years ago

You can use Akismet for this.I am using it and its worth

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extravalue 10 years ago

Originally Posted by nipon

You can use Akismet for this.I am using it and its worth

OP is not completely satisfied with Akismet as mentioned.
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- Chris Silvey 10 years ago
  
  https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentluv/ with gasp. A nice way to get positive comments.
  
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Jimbrown123

10 years ago

Try to use reCAPTCHA in comment form submission. you also have lots of plugins like Akismet and Bad Behavior and they work great. Disqus comment system also work better so do which suits you.
if nothing works for you, try to do manually, it's best among those.

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